WIMBLEDON 2026

serena returns

fritz/draper rd 1

So in the tank for the opening Williams match.

aaaaaand draper has pulled out

Sinner has lost a set, seems to be having some issues..

Sinner is really fucking cold rn. Too many UEs. Hopefully he can struggle through.

"A difficult man to knock off balance" - BBC commentator fatshaming Kecmanovic.

Sinner is going to have to come back from 2-1

He was 3-0 in that TB then skanked a couple..

Amazing. This is just not looking good..

Finally Sinner breaks with a little help from Kecmanovic..

Ok he came through in five sets too lol

Wu takes a set off Djoko. I'm sure Novak will overcome, but his days of cruising until the quarters or semis are over.

That blazer, wtf

Recommend Paolini-Montgomery rn

Yeah, I really enjoy Paolini's style

Thanks, have switched it on

Going back to rewatch that first set

Switched over to see one of our remaining Brits (Wendelken) slugging it out, but the English 'lads' in the crowd are making it hard for me not to root for his French opponent instead.

Swiatek struggling a bit in this second set

Yup, bizarre really

Townsend-Swiatek is warming up. Long time fan of Taylor T, her defeat of Halep at USO a few years back was one of the great net-rushing performances. World class doubles player now.

I've only ever seen TT in doubles, but she's really warming up now, as you say!

I love Taylor Townsend to bits and am so happy that she has broken through on the doubles side

Loving this, Iga must be pretty rattled now.

...or perhaps not, still that was a lot of fun to watch.

Swiatek gets through, but a lot to tears..

Shelton pushed to a 5th set in his first match. Impressed that Virtanen came back to win the 4th after losing 2nd and 3rd.

Virtanen giving Shelton loads of problems.

8-8 on the 5th set TB

Virtanen does it!! 11-9

Wow! Even came back from 8-5 in the tiebreak. Great playing by Virtanen.

always liked virtanen, disappointing for ben

Humbert-Bergs 1st round! That’s a rough draw for both, they were Eastbourne finalists two days ago and both inside top 40.

Be interested to see if Tiafoe avoids the Halle curse later (which is: win that and your name isn’t Federer = r1 loss in SW19).

This Wawrinks Berettini match..

Bah Stan :-(

It's been a journey..

crying along with stan over here. wow.

Last time I watched an 18-16 t/b in its entirety at this event, Shia LeBoeuf wasn't even born.

Serena's comeback attempt after 4 years away is now over I see. She won a set at least.

beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 by an opponent less than half her age, 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia, in the opening round of Wimbledon.

Watched most of the Serena match. She needs actual match play to get her timing and movement back to a state that would be competitive at a high-level, but her ballstriking was really, really good. She's in better physical shape than she was in her last 2 or 3 years in the tour... If she were to make a serious go of a comeback, this match suggests she could be at least "Hingis' first un-retirement" level competitive and get herself into the second week of a major or two.

Watched Learner Tien earlier and seemed like he self destructed to me

Won the first set, broke early then played the most pathetic of games to hand the break back to Fucsovics, who when I checked back later won in four

Sabalenka got away with having to go to a 3rd set against Kessler.

Sinner better today against Borges who is tricky..looks like he is getting into full match fitness.

Be interested to see if Tiafoe avoids the Halle curse later (which is: win that and your name isn’t Federer = r1 loss in SW19).

― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 30 June 2026 bookmarkflaglink

Tiafoe has done it

Gauff is in a 3rd set against Sierra, who seems to be up and coming..

And Sierra breaks in the middle of that set. Gauff on the brink.

Sierra to serve for the match

And her inexperience showed. Broken back

Gauff wins on the breaker!

Krejcikova Andreeva is going to the wire

Krejcikova played such beautiful slices to see it through

Andreeva threw her racket in disgust lol

Kostyuk Blinkova is brutal rn. Match

Kostyuk eventually gets through.

Another heavy breather (Anisimova) also through against Kenin on a last set TB

Getting a first look at Fils who has just won a 3rd set against Berrettini

and berrettini will face grigor! what a pair of matches! now i'm torn on this matchup. both among my favorite players.

i am biased toward one-handers.

Happy for Dimitrov and sad that either him or Berrettini have to lose

Fonseca lost to Safiullin (made the QF three years ago but qualifier now), he will prob play Djoko who is a set up

Tommy Paul gone and Med lost to a 36 yo German

Just saw a bit of the Djoko match. Could've gone the distance but he used his experience.

Probably a better chance than even the French, with shorter points and all..same half as Sinner, who can ofc be caught on an off day

Sinner plays Mochizuki next, a 23 yo Japanese player who beat Jodar!!

Kostyuk in a decider against Navarro, who has a slightly lesser game but is punching above so far

Kostyuk came up with some fireworks in the last set to win it 6-1

Haven't seen it but Rybakina out, beaten by Mertens in straight sets

Been watching Eala, who is a brilliant player from the Philippines, beating Swiatek on a first set TB. She has it all..

Eala breaks straight away at the 2nd

Eala is 3-0. Swiatek has nowhere to hide here

4-1 down but Swiatek staging a recovery of sorts. Three BPs

Does it. Match far from over..

Swiatek totally collapses to give back that break. Yeah think she's done

Eala takes over 10 mins but she holds her serve and Swiatek is out.

She is so delighted!!

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/sports/zeynep-sonmez-uses-watermelon-symbol-after-wimbledon-bars-palestine-pin-3223107?s=1

Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sonmez said she competed at Wimbledon with a watermelon-shaped vibration dampener on her racket after tournament organizers did not allow her to wear a pin supporting Palestine.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency after her second-round exit, Sonmez said she had previously worn the pin at tournaments but was no longer permitted to do so. She said the issue was discussed with Wimbledon officials, but the organizers did not change their position.

"We had a discussion with the organizers because the Ukrainian flag is allowed but the Palestinian is not," Sonmez said.

Sonmez said she turned to a watermelon-shaped vibration dampener, a small accessory placed on racket strings to reduce vibration, because officials did not object to it.

"They ultimately told us they definitely would not allow it. So, I can't wear the pin. I can use the vibration dampener, and they can't object to that. That's why I put the watermelon symbol on my racket," she said.

The watermelon is widely associated with Palestine because it is grown there and carries the same colors as the Palestinian flag: red, green, white and black. It is regarded as a symbol of resistance against Israeli oppression and occupation.

Unsurprisingly awful behaviour from Wimbledon

Just saw Noskova beat Cirstea in a very attrional match. She had four MPs in the end before finally converting. Should've won before the TB but the Romanian had that extra experience.

One to watch, a bit rough around the edges but another Czech woman who has the game for this.

Cobolli also getting through his draw. Was bagelled by Khachanov but went onto win in 5..

Love Madison Keys and from what I could see she played better, more composed tennis in the key moment Vs Anisimova

Footie has been boringosh so keeping an eye on Tiafoe Bublik, one set all.

If Bubilk doesn't destroy himself he should go on. Guy has more weapons.

Also has Bublik always played with one sock much shorter than the other?

Dimitrov did really well to see off Berrettini in the 5th after being two sets up.

And Tiafoe has now made it two sets all too. He had nine sps in the 3rd and a med timeout too, but he broke Bublik and on we go..

happy for grigor but held my breath when he jumped over the net to hug matteo @ the end

bublik / fritz may have like 80 aces btwn them

Yeah Bublik got 49 or something. Insane perf.

Really want him to do something solid at a slam instead of annoying me half the time

Watching Krejcikova Muchova. Surely will go all the way..

Muchova finally breaks Krejcikova after a 15 min break in the 2nd.

Looks like it will end up in straight sets now. Just a bit more solid.

Krejcikova breaks, taking advantage of the extra pressure on Muchova while serving for the match

Muchova broken again. Just didn't get over her disappointment.

Krejcikova to serve and take us to a final set

Brilliant game and krejcikova showed excellent resilience. We have a decider!

Muchova sees it out. Just more consistent.

Osaka DBL break!!

Osaka was immense there: 6-2

Yes Naomi Osaka. Wins in the 2nd set TB but was never troubled on her serve.

Yay! Glad to see Osaka in good form.

Think she's back as a slam prospect.

Think the winner of her QF with Muchova will go all the way tbh

Good bit of sports writing on Sinner's Japanese opponent. Wish I had watched the match

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/05/jannik-sinner-shintaro-mochizuki-wimbledon-quarter-finals

Paolini beats Eala in an excellent, tight match.

Hope she can make the final. I want her to win the most but I think she'll never get that slam :-(

Cobolli also through. Italians are in a golden age of tennis

Noskova beats Keys. No major champs left in the bottom half of the draw.

She's great. Love her and hoping she gets to the final

Only one of Noskova or Paolini can make it :-( so many great players in the women's game

Manage to scrape by not talking about Arthur Fery but can do so no longer. Brit qualifier doing genuinely well by getting into a QF.

grigor looked pretty lackluster today, but fery was very solid. good for him. couldn't help but chuckle when, upon winning, he turned to his box with huge smile and said WHAT THE FUCK.

Kinda wishing I had watched Keys/Noskova now looking at the BBC highlights, Paolini game was great though. Gauff dovetailing with Osaka today; haven't really watched any men's this year.

Struff -- oldest debut at a slam QF in the open era (36) -- is really good with his serve, groundstrokes and belief.

Sinner is on top at two sets but it's been tight. Struff broke back in the 2nd to force a TB.

And Gauff makes the SFs! Another come back

Sinner does it in straights. Hasn't been in bother since R1.

Only thing that can stop him from reaching the final is surely the weather. 32C midweek and it's hotter in the courts..

On the edge of my seat for Osaka

Nervy start from both. We have four consecutive breaks.

Muchova wins on the TB

Osaka skanked it. Broken and Muchova is to serve for the match

C’mon Naomi ffs

And does it. Plays Gauff next, which will be a different challenge xp

So sad for Osaka, since the middle of the 1st set she felt really off

Muchova had the variety to muffle the weapons coming out from Osaka's racket. Excellent player. Hope she goes all the way xp

Just saw FAA play an amazing passing shot to save BP against novak. Went on to serve it out 6-3, one set all

He’s such a fkn baby

Yessss

Even if Djoko goes through I am not sure he's gonna have much left

Yeah I feel like Sinner would have to have a very off day to lose to Djokovic in his current condition. He was in visible pain for a good part of the match.

Lucky that he has that extra day to rest

It's a normal rest day really.

Tomorrow is the hottest day of the week. 32C on Friday.

Assuming both matches on centre and that Sinner Djoko is last you are looking at both coming out at 5/6pm (should the first semi last three to four hours), which should be the worst of the sun.

On the further assumption that it was the weather that screwed Sinner at RG. He hasn't confirmed what actually caused him to collapse against Cerundolo.

Sickening inevitability about that 5th set breaker, just like the last 10min of ARG-EGY.

Shade spreads across the court from 5:30 to 7pm (basically the first set yesterday). I suspect Sinner-Djokovic will be up first as it’s the top half of the draw but who knows.

One of the odder stats is that Fritz has beaten Zverev seven times in a row, including three on grass. You wouldn’t think it would be such a terrible match-up for Zverev.

(Zverev beat Fritz twice at Wimb (2018, 2021) but lost to him from two sets up in 2024 - the start of the current losing streak)

Noskova is so much better than Mertens.

She may beat herself, seeing her going to deuce after winning the first set. She is that bored.

Kostyuk dispatched Paolini in straights.

Noskova should've wrapped this up but Noskova hasn't taken her BPs, though Mertens played a miracle lob to save one.

Noskova finally breaks and serves it out.

Both in their first Wimbledon SF, and it's dealing with the emotions that will surely decide. Kostyuk couldn't deal with the occasion at RG last month.

They are both heavy hitters and don't back off

Well done Fery, fingers crossed

Playing great. Just won the 2nd set TB.

Looks like he will get there.

Looks like he will play Zverev, who is also two sets up

Wins this and he’s British number one! (Ranked 36 I think)

5-0, Fery is gonna bagel Cobolli

By comparison, his fellow 100-150
Brits are playing Challengers in Braunschweig and Newport, RI right now. Those days are over. (For a year).

He does it, unbelievable..

Zverev has just won so that's your SF.

You'd think his serving will be too much for Fery but Zverev has his nerves. The crowd could play a part...

Isn't he French, this guy Fery?

One parent is French I think (dad is loaded) but I think he came through the British system (whatever that means when you play in academies around the world, or the American uni system)

Ok wiki says he was in France but moved to Eng when he was a month old lol

*born

Private school guy. Fan of Chelsea FC.

I still take him over Zverev

Both his parents are French, his father owned a football club but sold it this year!

He'll be French soon enough lol

Michael Olise winning the WC and Arthur Fery winning Wimbledon would be a fair trade. (Only half of this will happen).

Nah go Morocco

Got ourselves a great pair of SFs. Like to see Muchova winning a slam but they are both hard to call.

Love Gauff, but all of our semifinalists are younger I think.

Muchova has had injuries, so really loved seeing her game this yr

6-2 Muchova. It's closer than that scoreline suggests but Gauff didn't take her BPs. Some of that is due to Karolina's lovely play, some due to Gauff skanking it

Gauff has a ton of mental strength and would be surprised if she didn't turn this around to at least a decider.

Taken to another BP. Saves it. On serve.

Muchova is not doing enough on her first serve so as long as Gauff stays positive..

Finally breaks at her 9th BP attempt.

Now it's Muchova who needs to do raise her level

Gauff 5-1.

Hopefully it will be close but reckon Gauff will have the weapons and all around court game to see her off.

Gauff's volleying has been a joy to watch

Muchova landing more 1st serves would be good...40% across sets isn't gonna cut it

Muchova with a few more 1st serves.

3-3, on serve

Gauff with some beautiful volleys.

4-4. That could put a lot of pressure on Muchova's serve

0-30, 5-5. Surely Gauff will see it off now

Muchova played out of her mind. What rallies.

Muchova seems to be physically struggling a bit..we go to a final set TB

This is unbelievable what points from these two

6-6..

Omg!!

Unmissable from Gauff for the match..

Muchova 12-10 what a classic

Just cannot describe..Gauff df, the skank on MP, Muchova slip on her MP, and so many incredible rallies, the nerves tension emotion!!

fantastic tiebreak

Yup. Have not recovered. Only half watched Noskova win the first set.

Both are heavy hitters with Noskova having a bit more variety I think.

Close to an all Czech final. Which is an incredible achievement

Noskova breaks. This should be over in 10 mins..

Nope. Kostyuk finally shows something to break back. Noskova made a couple of errors.

But she will need to string it together..

Nope. Breaks her for the win.

Noskova for an all Czech final.

Djoko Sinner is 2nd.

Assuming Zverev beats the Frenchman in straight sets (as I think he will) we are on for about 3:30 in 30C, lowest temps for the last few days.

Beside the weather this has to be Djoko's best and last chance of that GS title. Sinner hasn't faced a seed and while he is serving great I am not sure how good his overall game is. He probably needed to face a tough seed to sharpen up the FH. His serve is awesome but Djoko is one of the greatest of returners so it won't be a massive issue once he zones in. Only question is whether Djoko is physically ok after that marathon against FAA..

Should he get through Sinner he has to be favourite against Zverev, who ofc totally lucked out at the French and I am not convinced by at all.

Probably won't watch that final tbh, it's too awful to contemplate.

Just switching on and yeah, Zverev barely broke sweat.

Real indictment of the men's game to have Fery making the SF...quite interesting he beat Cobolli...

Sinner has been a pleasure to watch. What can you say. Two sets up.

Awesome. Novak had no chance whatsoever. Really love these Sinner pummelings

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/10/no-more-fery-tales-fantastical-fever-dream-is-over-and-now-the-hard-work-starts

But of course, insofar as British tennis has a system, this is basically it: a mixture of privilege and connections, generational wealth and happy accidents of birth. And this is not to malign the ones who made it, but to mourn those who never did: the players without the means to invest indefinitely in their career, without the effortless early exposure that comes when your parents are a part of the tennis establishment.

People have been talking all fortnight about Fery’s assurance and self-confidence. Perhaps on some level it comes from the way you were raised: a distinct absence of impostor syndrome, a belief in the inherent righteousness of the universe. Perhaps the reason Fery acts like he belongs is because he grew up in a world where he truly did belong in every room he entered

Yup, feels a lot like British life in most sports and music/arts.

It's interesting how the wildcard system works because you 'earn' a year's salary for being chosen to play and lose in the 1st round.

Real rarity for one of the lucky recipients to go on like this.

Yeah, it's not life-changing if you come from that kind of money. Career-changing, for a little bit, yes.
I assume there's a decent number of talented low-to-middle-income-family kids in the LTA junior grant programme and likely 95% of them just can't travel/play independently once they're too old for that.
Hard to call Fery a "British success story" (or Norrie) if you're looking for any kind of structural involvement in his development from UK-based orgs. It's family wealth + American collegiate system.

Career-wise maybe he's this year's Vladimir Voltchkov. Or Jason Stoltenberg, if he's lucky. Aslan Karatsev at a pinch.
The comeback wins over Bergs and Dimitrov were great, mind. And Cobolli didn't do his homework.

And yay for Sinner. He really has improved round by round, which hopefully means a real kicking in the final.
Very few free points for Novak yesterday, consistently missing that T-serve by millimetres. If only he'd been that miscalibrated vs FAA.

Muchova has the experience and will be able to handle Noskova's more booming game. I hope she wins a classic...she was clutching her ribs a bit at the end against Gauff, and I hope either fitness or the nerves don't play a part for either of them for too long (we all remember how awful last yr was)

And Noskova is brutal out there: 6-2.

Muchova isn't doing enough with Noskova's 2nd serve.

This final could be over soon.

Muchova got out of 0-30 on her game and then went on to have bps on Noskova...if Muchova can keep that up we have a match. On serve

Two more bps nosko

Does it. Nearly over..

CP.

One more..

And a 3rd CP...surely now

Muchova hung on...prob too little too late

Noskova to serve for the match

30-30..

Deuce..

Face a BP, now a 4th cp

Df..

Then ace, bp, ace

BP, ace..deuce.. extraordinary

BP, near ace.. madness

Df, and finally breaks omg!!

At last!

Noskova has put her finger to her ears, she never ever reacts to anything..oh dear

One of the most incredible games I have ever seen

Nosko has hit two return winners 30 all

One more CP..

Saves it, wow

5-5, unbelievable..

Won 4 in a row there.

Noskova broken again through UEs. Muchova will serve for the decider.

Nosko is covering herself with the towel...the machine is broken

Two SPs..

We've got a decider.

Lord have mercy on us all

Noskova is struggling now

The lack of experience is really, really showing in a way I never quite expected.

Until that service game I thought she was made of iron

Noskova faces 3 bps but held on...let's see if that sets things right for her

Great comeback by Noskova.

Noskova breaks...but surely a way to go yet xp yeah amazing really

Noskova held on after facing a BP.

3-0..

Noskova looking very good again.

Yup, 5-2.

Muchova to make Noskova serve for it again..

So, again, Noskova to serve for the title

30-15, Noskova did incredible there. Looks like she will do it

30-15, Noskova did incredible there. Looks like she will do it

2 CPs

Won it.

She's done it. That's a lot of heart and mind.

Feared the worst at one point but turned out to be a proper final

Third Czech woman to win Wimbledon in four years.

That's like inverse Novotna really.

Hope Muchova can win a major but this is the brutality of sport. Might be her last chance xp

Yeah, it's not life-changing if you come from that kind of money. Career-changing, for a little bit, yes.
I assume there's a decent number of talented low-to-middle-income-family kids in the LTA junior grant programme and likely 95% of them just can't travel/play independently once they're too old for that.
Hard to call Fery a "British success story" (or Norrie) if you're looking for any kind of structural involvement in his development from UK-based orgs. It's family wealth + American collegiate system.

Career-wise maybe he's this year's Vladimir Voltchkov. Or Jason Stoltenberg, if he's lucky. Aslan Karatsev at a pinch.
The comeback wins over Bergs and Dimitrov were great, mind. And Cobolli didn't do his homework.

― Michael Jones, Saturday, 11 July 2026 bookmarkflaglink

Noskova's dad worked in the railways, is what I heard..

She's from a little village, middle of nowhere really.

Zverev is playing well. Was 0-30 in a game, but Sinner put in the serves.

*mean Zverev put some pressure on a Sinner game.

Zverev faced a BP but served really well after Sinner skanked it. 4-4

6-6, 6-6 tb..

Zverev did it, 9-7...the first break in serve on that TB. That was something

Sinner not on his game.

I think Zverev's serving and FH (as oposed to his good BH) has been very, very good.

With only one break of serve in a TB separating them.

Now another TB..

Sinner nearly made that lob for 5-0.

It's 4-1

Yeah that was brilliantly played from Sinner. Really got hold of those Zverev first serves..one set all

Sinner was 0-30 and should've broken.

Still, this final is finally going in the right direction

Amazing, Zverev had a BP on the Sinner serve and slipped in that rally. Commentary think he hyper extended his knee and he was moving with slight restrictions...

Anyway Sinner gets out of his serve and breaks Zverev the next. Now serving for the 3rd set.

Sinner is close now..

Zverev v much moving fine again. On serve.

2 bps Sinner, really earning it here

Saved them 😡

One more BP and does it, FH dtl

Serving for it

15-30 Zverev and he is working the crowd..

What a rally Sinner, tremendous play the net for CP!!

Might have been going out but Zverev didn't leave it

And then does it with a crushed FH!

Good final.

This is the bit I dread, I wish it could go on for another fortnight.

The French Open win has unlocked an extra step. He will probably be more dangerous for the next couple of years and may bag one more..

As for Sinner yay. Really like him and he is so good and reliable against the bad guys.

Yeah his consistency is really something. Zverev is in top form, very little room for error. Good job Sinner!

Love Sinner's movement (all that sliding is insane lol) and the variety he has added to his weight of shot. Probably can improve all round by another 5%. Served monstrously too.

The world waits for Alcaraz. Hope he can come back to his best so we can see these two in a final again xp

Two really good finals. Men’s didn’t quite have the tension and jeopardy of the women’s but I’ve never seen AZ better. Sinner really has those skiers’ ankles, eh? I don’t know how he can walk after some of those slides and falls.

Odd that AELTC have basically committed themselves to playing any 5th set of a men’s final indoors with this time shift. Unless the first four sets are super quick.

One minor note on Saturday’s match: Noskova really got away with all those abortive ball tosses. Not sure if this is a feature of her play. Her (ex-)pal down the other end didn’t complain but it’s a real sidestep of the shot clock.

i dont play enough tennis to know, but would making it a fault to abandon a ball toss be too severe a punishment?
also my memory may be playing tricks but wimbledon used to fit the tournament into 2 weeks back in the 80s and 90s with no roof and no final set tie breaks but now seem to have a centre court match under the roof beyond 9pm most days. i dont get it, are the matches really so much longer now?

Apparently, yes (25% longer since 1999), but still doesn't quite explain it. There was no play on middle Sunday either, and men's doubles was best-of-five every round - plus start of play on Centre + No. 1 used to be 2pm.

The abandoned toss thing - maybe you can have five before a warning? Give the umps a bit more to do now that they never need to overrule a line call.

I suppose one explanation could be: they will now start the third match of the day on a show court, regardless of how late they're running, because they have the roof.
In the old days, if it got to 7:30pm or so with match #2 still going, match #3 would be shifted to another court or pulled for the day.
Feel like there was more WS-MS-WS scheduling too, rather than MS-WS-MS.